Call goes out for more youth mentors
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Red Deer is in desperate need of more mentors.
They currently have 77 youth, including 55 boys that are in need of a mentor – a 35 per cent increase from last year.
Lacombe Big Brothers Big Sisters has 15 kids in need of mentors, over 75 per cent of which are boys. And in Ponoka 40 kids are currently waitlisted.
Crystal Zens with Big Brothers Big Sisters in Lacombe says mentors for boys are in higher demand because they “have a higher intake in Big Sisters, so [more] female mentors. Because we have less intake [in Big Brothers], it’s harder to get male mentors.”